The tension between both men was high; they both glared at each other. The aura around them rose. Rain twirled inside Adrian. He wanted to come out and attack Ashford, but it took so much control to push back Rain from surfacing.'How dare he call Luna his?'Adrian's eyes darkened, his eyes began black, and Ashford could see that it was not Adrian looking at him.P Let his wolf He could smell the anger radiating from Adrian's wolf."Why are you holding him back?" Ashford questioned. "Release him, and let's see what he can do."Adrian pulled his hand away from Ashford's grip and glared at him even harder."She doesn't belong to you; she is mine and not yours!" Adrian thundered. "You are just some random guy she dated before she met me."Ashford raised his brows. "Same as Alexa. You still believe her, not your mate.""I was done with Alexa a long time ago, and she doesn't stand a chance against my mate.""Really? You want a bet on who can get her heart?" Ashford teased."No!" Adrian gro
Nothing." Bartram muttered. "We are not talking about anything. Just talking about Ashford chasing Luna off."Ashford shook his head. "Well, he is lying; I didn't chase her off. She ran away."Adrian approached them; his brows rose, and he stared at them suspiciously. They were whispering before he showed up, and now they were lying about it."Why can I smell it?""Sell what?" Bartram questioned."The fact that you both are trying to lie to me" Adrian answered.Bartram thought of a way to end the conversation. He needed to confuse Adrian, and he was going to do it. He flashed Adrian a smile as he was about to speak. He spotted his favorite coat on Adrian."Why are you in my clothes? And also wearing my favorite coat?" Bartram questioned.Ashford grinned. "Father, he wore your clothes the other time and shifted, tearing them into shreds.""You snitch!" Adrian yelled at Ashford."I was just telling the truth, or should I mention the fact that you made Luna see you naked?" Ashford questio
Tristan glanced at him. "She went along with her father; she said she couldn't let him go alone.""He was not alone; he left with Alpha Dean.""I know."Trevor turned back to the list of names he had written and stared at it."You can call the names now."Tristan nodded and called the name all over again. Trevor canceled the names that were on his list and could also be found on Tristan's list. After listening to the names being called, he collected the list from Tristan and glanced through it."The remaining names are eleven; nine names are the same. Now we will have to stalk our suspect to know if we can find anything about them." Trevor said.Tristan nodded. "That would be great, but leaving the packhouse and going around is risky. We have people here to protect.""There are a lot of guards in the house; he can't come in, and there's no reason he would try to come. He is probably plotting to get Phoebe.""Before we leave, I will have to inform Lily so she doesn't leave the packhouse
Alexa threw the mug at the wall, alerting both her parents. Beta Alex was sitting by the window while her mother was up in her room. Alexa was fuming in anger. How dare her father mention Luna? She had left the pack to think of what to do; she could not let Luna take away her position.Even though she was not mated to Adrian, a Luna of a pack might not be fated to be mates with the Alpha. She had to do something about it. Marrying Adrian was the only way to get her rouge mother into Lunar Crest.Her mother was a rouge, banished from her previous pack, and couldn't be accepted into any other pack because of her past mistakes. Well, Alexa cared less about it; growing up, she had both her mother and father by her side, but she was stuck with her mother.To make matters worse, her father was not ready to get married to her mother. He never loved her; he claimed that they made a mistake by creating a child together. He clearly didn't want her.Alexa had to get in the position of Luna in the
Luna sat in front of a desk in Alpha Dean's office. Ashford was sitting beside her, watching her. She had left, carrying Phoebe along with her. Phoebe was lying on a bed not far away from them. She was sitting in the office and informing Adrian of the names of everyone in the pack. It was helping with their search; no one was going to be able to escape.She wrote down any names that she had already called out to Adrian. Adrian's suspect list was so large that she couldn't believe how many people he didn't trust. She glanced at Ashford; he had his nose buried in a book he found in her room. She looked away from him, and he raised his head to look at her.She glanced back at him, their gazes meeting. He flashed her a smile and went back to his book."We forgot Neon; he should be here to save the stress of carrying Phoebe around." Luna muttered. "I don't want to stress you out because of our pack.""No worries. I am helping my mate; how dare I complain?" He questioned her, raising his hea
Luna pushed her hair behind her ears and rolled her hand over the paper. Ashford was still by her side, watching her every move. He couldn't help but notice how hot she looked as she worked. Keeping the communication between the two packs on track. He wished he could listen with her when they were discussing, but he could read the reminder whenever the mindlink began.Phoebe was still unconscious, and Ashford was watching every sound of her heartbeat. He wanted to know when she was awake, the lady in front of him. Luna was completely ignoring him. She was focused on her work and forgot that he was even there."Are you done?" he questioned.Luna glanced at him. "No, Trevor said I should schedule a meeting between the two packs. Precisely, Tristan, Adrian, some woman called Lily, my father, Ashford, myself, and Phoebe."Ashford gave her a lopsided smile. "You could have said you instead of Ashford or my mate.""Sorry." She croaked, turning back to the paper. "But that isn't going to happ
Ashford's gaze shifted from Matteo to Neon. Neon looked horrified upon hearing what the boy had told him."I am not ugly and dumb; stop calling me that."The boy stuck his tongue out to Neon. "You are, and now that you have found your brother, I am going back to my home. My mother is going to kill me if she finds me here.""Kill you?" Neon questioned.Matteo gave Neon a confused look. "Not practically going to kill me; you see why I say you're dumb?"Before Neon could answer, Matteo turned around and left, chanting the word."Mother, I met an ugly and dumb adult, an ugly and dumb adult.""I'm not dumb!" Neon scoffed.Matteo ignored him, and soon he was out of sight. Ashford pulled Neon in and slammed the door shut."You came here alone and messed with a little pup. How come you don't know where the pack house is?" Ashford questioned.Neon ruffled his hair. "I totally forgot about it."Ashford grinned. "Now I see why he is calling you ugly and dumb.""For the dumb, I get it. My mind was
Ashford nodded his head in agreement and sulked in the last drop of blood from the bag. He glanced at the bag and tossed it into the nearest trash basket."This blood is not enough. I'm still starving." He grumbled and glanced at Neon, who still had half a blood bag left. "Give me that." He snatched the bag out of Neon's hand."Hey!" Neon yelled. "There are more inside the bag."Ashford began drinking from his "Then get me one.""There are only three left.""Give it to me!"Neon grumbled as he went through the bag and took out the three bags from it. He was about to hand two to Ashford when Luna snatched one from him. Both men gave her a confused look."I'm a vampire too, remember?"Ashford shook his head. "A vegetarian.""I will just take one." Neon uttered.Ashford took the other from Neon. "If you can't drink the other bag, give it to me."Luna rolled her eyes. "Whatever."She went back to eating her food, completely ignoring the men with her. She had not heard a word from Adrian, n